, 1887-11-24
THE CROWN PRINCE DYING.
Indicted fer Bringing Cinnamon into
the United States.

morning and about $1,000 worth of
sugar and cement ready TO load on
the steamer Columbia for shipment
to Portland, fell into the bay. The
weakness Of the PilinS was owing to
the ravage OF the tcrcdo and was the
cause OF the accident.
NASHVILLE, Nov. 19.-The National
convention Of the Nomen's Christian
Temperance Union today adopted
resolutions declaring against the In-
formal Revenue system.
PARIs, Nov. I9.-Soon after the
Chamber of Deputies met to, day the
extreme left moved al interi oIation
Of The government on the question
Of lis democratic policy \ motion
was made by the minority to post
pone debate, and the motion was
rejected 10y vote of 32S to 243, and
the Prime Minister, n, Rourier, i'm
mediateiy announced the resignation
of the cabinet.
LONDON, Noy. I9.-Priyafe tsIe-
grams from San Reno say that the
Urown Priuce'6 death Is only a mat
ter of a few weeks, but strenuous
efforts are made by the. German press
to keep the news back.
Yesterday was the darkest that
even London has known in several
years. all day long and at noon it
was perfectly black. like a clouded
midnight. This wGs caused by a
stratum of fog extending 300 fest
above the earth, shutting cut the
light.
PREscoTT, A. T.. Nov. 19.-The
boiler OF W. 4. Wilson & Co.'S new
sawmill, nine miles from Prescott,
exploded at Z o'clock this morning
killing five men. Steam was lust
raised and the machinery ready TO
start when the explosion occurred
The names of the killed are, W. z.
Wilson; Tom Cowley, engineer; Jno.
Akers, head sawyer; Chas Coils and
Andrew Handbook.
OMAHA, Nov ia fire last even
ing half destroyed the village OF
Stuart, in Holt county. Loss, $780,
600; insurance, $4,000
CHEYENSE, Nov. I9.-Word reaches
here this morning from Centennial
Valley, that j. Mcdowell, a we'll
known ranchman, had shot and killed
George Bird and another neighbor.
The murder wa' the outcome of q
recent lawsuit. Mcdowell, who has
surrendered, states that both men
We're armed and attempted to murder
him, whereupon he shot them.
CHICAGO, Nov. Sing Lam, the
Chinaman who shot police officer
Robinson dead in an encounter few
weeks ago, was acquitted this morn
ing. Lam was fleeing in the dark
from two men whom he had threat,
ened to shoot and refused to stop
when commanded by the officer. The
defence WIS that Lam had an idea
that the young men were robbers and
that he believed the policemen was
another of their band.
SAN Francisco, Nov 19-Arrived:
steamer Oregon. Portland; steamer
San Pedro, Tacoma; ship Challenger,
Seattle.
Indications for Oregon and Wash
ington Territory, fair weather fol-
lowed by rain; light to fresh south
westerly winds, except on the imme.
diate coast where they will be brisk
to high, warmer.
Eight thousand dollars cash bail
was furnished tonight for Mrs. Clara
Belle Mcdonald, and an order WAS
issued for here release from The
county jail.
PORTLAND, Nov. 19-The court
martial trying Capt. Tobey, of the
14th infantry, U. s. army, is in session
and Il member of the court stated
this morling that the investigation
would not be concluded until Monday
or Tuesday Lext week The inTesti-
cation of serious charges against
Capt. Tobey is attracting much at
tention in military circles.
NORTH YAKIMA, Nov. 19.-J. IL
Adams, register of the Spokane land
Office, today sold the Yakima Signal
to j. X. Coe and G. ". Leggett. Here
after it Will be straight Democratic
newspaper.
SAN Francisco, 19.-Cheif of Police
Crowley was served with writ OF
habeas corpus today to have John A.
Dimmig, accused of murder of Henry
Benhayon, in Sacramento on next
Monday, when the motion TO release
the prisoner Will be argued before the
supreme court.
San FRAxCIscc, Oct. 1S.-The stock
Is still on the raise. California and
Virginia, which closed at S24 yester-
day, closed So higher today. Balcher
closed at $40, an advance of 90 cents,
and Best and Bslcher at 80, which IS
q cents higher than yesterday.
There We're like advances IN nearly
all the remaining stocks.
The federal grand jury has indicted
VIM. 4. Boyd, Ferdinand d. Ciprcs
aud six other eX' custom house IN
speetors for illegally aiding and
abetting the landing in the United
States of certain Chinese. The men
took advantage of Their position to
conduct trade in Chinese certlh'
Gates. They procured the documents
IN various ways and sold them thro
their agents in Chinatown. Their
enterprise extended across the Pacific
The very man who betrayed their
operations took bunch of 800 re-
turn certificates to China and ped,
died them out to slave dealers ana
Chinese desiring to sail TO America
throughout the holes il the restrlc-
ton act. Prices ranged from $50 10
SlUO each for mep, and went AS hlgh
as $50 for women. In all 1t Is
thought that 1900 fraudulent GER
tltlcates were sold and that the con-
spIrators letted hundreds of thouS-
ands of dollars
PoRTLY Nov. 19.-The revenue
cutter, - Corwin. sailed today
from 4 IN Francisco. The
vcS>e! ~etnrr to Astoria